why is oxygen needed for burning and not any other gas?

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Combustion is a process in which a substance burns after an oxidizing agent is present in the environment to breakdown it and produce light and energy. Oxygen and Fluorine both are oxidizing agent. The presence of either is enough for a substance to burn.

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